Disinfectant apparatus.



J. H. REAIVItH.

DISINFECTANT APPARATUS.

APPLICATION' FILED MAY 8, 1914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

JOHN H. REAMER, OF LINTON, NORTH DAKOTA.

DISINFECTANT APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed May 8, 1914. Serial No. 837,115.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. REAMER, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Linton, in the county of Emmonsand State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements inDisinfectant Apparatus, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part ofthis speo1- fication.

The invention relates to disinfecting apparatus and more particularly tothe use of such apparatus in water closets and urinals.

The invention designs to provide a means for holding the disinfectantwithin the bowl of the water closet or urinal.

The invention further designs to provide a holder for disinfectant whichmay be readily attached to or removed from the bowl of the water closetor urinal and which is disposed entirely within the bowl.

Lastly, the invention designs to provide a new and improved form ofdisinfectant holder.

The invention consists in the several features hereinafter set forth andmore particularly defined by claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings; Figure 1 is a vertical section view of the deviceembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing theend of the holder. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective View of the individual holder. Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 4 showing a modified form of the holder.

The invention is employed on a water closet of ordinary construction(shown in dotted lines) and is placed in the bowl B adjacent the rim Cas shown in Fig. 1 and it may also be used on urinals.

The usual forms of disinfectant employed in connection with waterclosets or urinals are spherical in shape and this device comprisesindividual holders 10 for each of the spheres or beads 11 ofdisinfectant and a supporting member or holder to which each one of theholders 10 is detachably secured and which is itself adapted to bedetachably secured to the bowl of the water closet or urinal.

The holders 10, preferably made of sheet metal, are bent so as to forman open ended pocket 13 having sides 14 and 15, the upper ends 16 and 17being bent over together to form a hook 18 to detachably engage thesupporting holder. A vertical slot or opening 19 is provided in the side15 so that when the bead of disinfectant is inserted in the pocket partof it will project through the opening, and other parts will engage theedges 20 of the holder and thus securely seat the bead therein.

An opening 21 is provided adjacent the upper end of the holder so thatthe water from the rim used in flushing the bowl will come in contactwith the disinfectant, moistening and dissolving some of it, thedissolved disinfectant being carried ofl through openings 22 in thelower part of the holder. In the modified form in Fig. 5 the holder isprovided with a series of perforations 23 and the slot for holding thebead more securely within the holder is dispensed with.

The lower end of the pocket 13 is bent at a sharp angle as shown at 24in Fig. 4. This provides a seat for the bead at all times for as thebead wears away under the action of the flushing water it graduallydescends between the side walls of the pocket until all of it is usedup.

The holders 10 are all of similar construction wit-h the exception ofthe first and last which are provided with additional side flanges 25.

The supporting member consists of a spring means or flexible rod 12whose ends 27 and 28 are threaded one end adapted to receive a cap nut29 the other an adjustable nut 30.

In practice, the individual holders 10, carrying the disinfectant arehooked over the rod 12 the first holder having the flange 25 thereon.The other holders are placed in succession upon the rod forming acontinuous channel with beads supported therein. The last holder is alsoprovided with the flange 25 so that while there is communication betweenthe holders intermediate the ends the flanges 25 on the first and lastholders keep all the beads within the channel.

The disinfectant holders now being in position upon the supporting rod,the rod is contracted, placed within the bowl and released under whichcondition it engages the interior of the bowl and is secured there toadjacent the rim of the closet or urinal. It will be noted that themeans for securing the disinfectant is disposed entirely within thebowl.

The invent-ion thus exemplifies a holder for disinfectant, whichconsists of a plurality of separate disinfectant holders and means fordetachably securing all of the holders together, said means beingdisposed entirely within the bowl.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A disinfectant holder for water closet bowls and the like comprisinga plurality of individual holders each having a pocket formed therein,said holders being arranged sothat the pockets form a continuous channeland means for detachably securing said holders in position entirelywithin the bowl.

2. A disinfectant holder comprising a plurality of individual holders,each holder having a pocket for receiving disinfectant therein, avertically extending slot adjacent the pocket and a hook at its upperend, and a flexible rod engaging with the hooks for securing the holdersin position.

3. A disinfectant holder for water closet bowls and the like comprisinga plurality of individual holders each having a pocket formed therein,said holders being arranged so that the pockets form a continuouschannel, means on the holders at the end of the channel for closing thechannel and means for detachably securing said holders in positionentirely Within the bowl.

4. A disinfectant holder comprising a plurality of individual holders,means disposed entirely within the bowl for detachably securing saidholders in position, each holder comprising a piece of material bent toform an open ended pocket intermediate its length, and having aplurality of apertures adjacent the pocket and having its ends benttogether to form a hook for detachably securing it to said means.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN H. REAMER.

Witnesses:

H. C. LYNN, JOHN R. SNYDER.

